Pat Garrett

Patrick Floyd Jarvis "Pat" Garrett (5 June 1850-29 February 1908) was an American Wild West bartender, customs agent, and lawman who hunted down and killed Billy the Kid in 1881.

Biography
Pat Garrett was born in Chambers County, Alabama in 1850, and his family's finances were destroyed by the American Civil War. In 1869, Garrett headed west from his family's plantation in Louisiana after his parents died, and he hunted buffalo in Texas in 1876 and killed a fellow hunter before moving to the New Mexico Territory. He worked as a cowboy before becoming Sheriff of Lincoln County on 2 November 1880, and he attempted to hunt down the outlaw Billy the Kid. The lawmen attempted to ambush Billy the Kid at Fort Sumner, and Billy was captured, although he escaped before he could be hanged. On 14 July 1881, Garrett found Billy at mutual friend Pete Maxwell's house, and he shot him twice as Billy, in the dark, asked who was there. Following Billy's death, Garrett was viewed as an assassin instead of a hero due to Billy's folk hero status, and Garrett did not seek re-election as Sheriff in 1882. In 1884, he became a lieutenant in the Texas Rangers, and he resigned his commission within a year and returned to his Roswell, New Mexico ranch. In 1892, his family moved to Uvalde, Texas, where he befriended John Nance Garner. In 1896, he became Sheriff of Dona Ana County, and he killed a fugitive in 1899, his last kill. In 1901, he became a customs collector in El Paso, but he was replaced in 1906 after he brought a notorious dive owner to a Rough Riders event hosted by President Theodore Roosevelt. Garrett returned to New Mexico, and, on 29 February 1908, and he was shot dead near Las Cruces in a lease dispute.